There's always a good season to visit the US's most under-rated city

HOW: It's cold outside, so stay indoors. There are more than 80 museums - try one of the largest science museums in the US, the Museum of Science & Industry, or the Chicago History Museum. Art aficionados will love winter. Check out one of America's oldest and largest art museums, the Art Institute of Chicago, or the Museum of Contemporary Art. Though there's art all over: entire neighbourhoods, like River North, are full of it in former warehouses. And there's a diverse theatre scene with many Tony Award-winning theatre companies, not to mention the options for comedy fans who'll already know the Second City spawned America's greatest comedians, like John Belushi and Bill Murray. Winter's the perfect time to spend entire afternoons at the city's steakhouses. The best of them is Gibsons Bar & Steakhouse, a Chicago institution - take a seat at the bar and enjoy the human traffic. And try another icon, Tavern On Rush, just across the road in Chicago's most fun neighbourhood, the Gold Coast. The bonus here is it's in Thompson Chicago, an underpriced, over-delivering hotel right at the heart of the best action in the city.

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